SOLUTION: Please help me simplify the equation 1/2(3a+1) - 1/3(a-5). I can not make heads or tails out of putting likes togehter, removing parenthesis. As you can tell, algebra is my nig

SOLUTION: Please help me simplify the equation 1/2(3a+1) - 1/3(a-5). I can not make heads or tails out of putting likes togehter, removing parenthesis. As you can tell, algebra is my nig

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Please help me simplify the equation 1/2(3a+1) - 1/3(a-5). I can not make heads or tails out of putting likes togehter, removing parenthesis. As you can tell, algebra is my nightmare course! Please help me! Thank you!!!
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/2(3a+1)-1/3(a-5)
(3a+1)/2-(a-5)/3 combine these fractions by finding a common denominator (6)
[3(3a+1)-2(a-5)]/6
(9a+3-2a+10)/6
(7a+13)/6 answer.
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